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WILLIAM REAGAN, OF, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 104,201, dated J-zme14, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

I, WILLIAM REAGAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain Improvements in Billiard-table and Furniture-Casters,of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in constructbearing-points of thefeet of the billiard-table; and it further consists in not only usingthe said spindles as bearing-points for the billiardtable, but also inemployingthe said' spindles as jack-screws for the purpose of settingthe billiard-table or other heavy pieces of furniture level, withaccuracy, by means of which I am enabled to roll Off the piece offurniture to its location, set the same level, and readjust the level,in the event of sinkage of the floor in after time, whether the rollersare detached or not, as I will further explainby reference to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of thecaster, and

Figure 2 a sectional elevation of same.

In the said drawing- A indicates the caster, of which B is the roller,sustained in the frame 0, and rotating within the same, in the usualmanner.

D is a pivot, forming part of the frame G, and extending up into avertical hole, E, in the spindle F.

This pivot has a recess, G, into which a set-screw,

H, extends, by means of" which the roller is attached to the spindle F,and the pivot D, carrying the said roller, permitted to rotate withinthe spindle.

I is a face-plate, attached to the leg of the table by screws K K, and,with the said leg, forming a screwsocket for the threaded portion L ofthe spindle 1*, (see fig. 2,) and M is a jam-nut for holding the spindlein position. I

The lower end N of the spindle F is globular, (see fig. 1,) and hasholes 0 for inserting the endof a lever, when it may be desired to usethe spindle F as a jack screw for prying the table up or down, as thefloor or circumstances may require, which can be done while the rolleris attached to its spindle; but when it may be desired to detach therollers from the spindles, to use said spindles as the bearing-points ofthe table, the set-screws are withdrawn, the rollers permitted to dropout, and the spindles employed as jack-screws to support and level thetable, as explained.

\Vhat I claim is- The roller B G, pivot D G, set-screw H, spindle F N O,face-plate I, and jam-nut M, all arranged and operating substantially asand for the purposes described and set forth. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 3d day ofMay, 1870.

WILLIAM REAGAN.

Witnesses ARTHUR NEILL, EMILE MOLTZ.

